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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2016 Jul 8;122(20):3215–3224. doi: 10.1002/cncr.30171

Table 3.

Frequency distributions for the four distress clusters in survivors

Asymptomatic Affective Somatic Comorbid
n % n % n % n % p-value*
Total 9914 61.6 2229 13.9 2168 13.5 1722 10.7
Sex
Male 5461 65.8 1199 14.5 866 10.4 770 9.3 <0.0001
Female 4453 57.6 1030 13.3 1302 16.8 952 12.3
Race
White 8687 61.9 1972 14.1 1885 13.4 1485 10.6 0.0005
Black 618 63.6 107 11.0 156 16.0 91 9.4
Other 549 59.5 131 14.2 113 12.3 129 14.0
Education
<High school 598 49.7 202 16.8 189 15.7 214 17.8 <0.0001
High school 1930 62.2 388 12.5 405 13.1 378 12.2
Some college 3411 60.1 812 14.3 764 13.5 685 12.1
≥College graduate 3653 66.6 733 13.4 730 13.3 372 6.8
Marital Status
Single 4897 61.8 1300 16.4 904 11.4 826 10.4 <0.0001
Married/Live as married 4165 65 654 10.2 1022 16 562 8.8
Divorced/separated 629 49.5 220 17.3 163 12.8 259 20.4
Household Income
≤19,999 1067 48.2 364 16.4 342 15.4 441 19.9 <0.0001
20,000–39,999 1641 58.5 415 14.8 408 14.5 341 12.2
40,000–59,999 1670 61.4 380 14.0 386 14.2 283 10.4
60,000–79,999 1355 65.2 281 13.5 284 13.7 159 7.6
≥80,000 2749 69 495 12.4 474 11.9 268 6.7
Perceived Health Status
Excellent 2433 82.7 258 8.8 187 6.4 65 2.2 <0.0001
Very good 4138 69.9 811 13.7 645 10.9 323 5.5
Good 2725 53.3 845 16.5 865 16.9 680 13.3
Fair/Poor 551 28.4 303 15.6 449 23.2 636 32.8
Pain
Headache 2049 45.3 682 15.1 923 20.4 869 19.2 <0.0001
Other pain 356 39.6 138 15.4 220 24.5 185 20.6
No pain 7239 71.4 1338 13.2 958 9.4 603 5.9
Psychoactive Medication
  Analgesics
Yes 759 40.9 289 15.6 399 21.5 411 22.1 <0.0001
No 9155 64.6 1940 13.7 1769 12.5 1311 9.2
  Antidepressants
Yes 442 31.4 283 20.1 240 17.1 442 31.4 <0.0001
No 9472 64.8 1946 13.3 1928 13.2 1280 8.8
  Anxiolytics, hypnotics, sedatives
Yes 199 28.8 98 14.2 156 22.5 239 34.5 <0.0001
No 9715 63.3 2131 13.9 2012 13.1 1483 9.7
  CNS Stimulants
Yes 106 43.3 43 17.6 40 16.3 56 22.9 <0.0001
No 9808 62.1 2186 13.8 2128 13.5 1666 10.6
  Neuroleptics
Yes 79 27.7 45 15.8 61 21.4 100 35.1 <0.0001
No 9835 62.5 2184 13.9 2107 13.4 1622 10.3
  Muscle Relaxants
Yes 107 33.6 39 12.3 79 24.8 93 29.2 <0.0001
No 9807 62.4 2190 13.9 2089 13.3 1629 10.4
Diagnosis
Leukemia 2723 62.0 622 14.2 542 12.3 506 11.5 0.0021
CNS tumor 1614 60.9 412 15.5 328 12.4 298 11.2
Hodgkin lymphoma 1594 61.3 341 13.1 396 15.2 270 10.4
non-Hodgkin lymphoma 1013 63.6 219 13.7 204 12.8 158 9.9
Kidney (Wilms) 737 63.5 148 12.8 164 14.1 111 9.6
Neuroblastoma 472 62.5 105 13.9 116 15.4 62 8.2
Soft tissue sarcoma 765 63.1 164 13.5 162 13.4 121 10
Bone cancer 996 59.8 218 13.1 256 15.4 196 11.8
Diagnosis Decade
1970–79 3322 60.7 817 14.9 744 13.6 593 10.8 0.0095
1980–89 3306 62.4 753 14.2 700 13.2 538 10.2
1990–99 3286 62.5 659 12.5 723 13.7 591 11.2
Cancer Treatment
  Antimetabolites
Yes 3669 60.9 857 14.2 798 13.2 700 11.6 0.1092
No 5168 61.3 1181 14.0 1191 14.1 887 10.5
  Anthracyclines
Yes 4142 62.0 830 12.4 928 13.9 776 11.6 <0.0001
No 4607 60.6 1182 15.5 1033 13.6 783 10.3
  Alkylating Agents
Yes 4369 61.0 1003 14.0 990 13.8 796 11.1 0.4790
No 4120 62.0 941 14.2 874 13.2 707 10.6
  Steroids
Yes 4172 60.9 990 14.4 901 13.1 791 11.5 0.0485
No 4800 61.5 1085 13.9 1107 14.2 815 10.4
  Radiation
None 3807 63.0 813 13.5 772 12.8 650 10.8 <0.0001
Non-cranial 2622 60.0 595 13.6 682 15.6 474 10.8
Cranial 2332 60.1 612 15.8 491 12.7 446 11.5
Age and Time
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD p-value
Age at baseline 27.1 5.9 26.5 5.8 27.6 6.0 27.3 5.9 <0.0001
Age at diagnosis 9.4 5.6 9.0 5.4 9.8 5.7 9.5 5.4 0.0001
Time since diagnosis 17.7 4.3 17.5 4.3 17.8 4.3 17.8 4.4 0.0633

Note. p-values based on chi-square tests for categorical and ANOVA for continuous variables; SD=standard deviation; Frequencies based on number of participants for whom information was available.